5G NR (New Radio) Frequency Bands

Recently, 3GPP has freezes specification for 5G NR and TS 38.104 section 5.2 provides the list of bands in which NR (New Radio) can operate. As per 3GPP release 15 , these frequency bands are desingated for different frequency ranges (FR) and current specification (Release) defines them as FR1 and FR2. Below table shows the corresponding frequency range for each FR.

Frequency Range Designation

Corresponding Frequency Range

FR1

450 MHz – 6000 MHz

FR2

24250 MHz – 52600 MHz

NR Bands Classification

Apart from FR (frequency range) NR bands can be classified into three into categories